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savoury adjective [ ˈseɪv(ə)ri ]

• (of food) belonging to the category that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.
• "fresh pineapple is useful in savoury as well as in sweet dishes"
Similar: salty, spicy, piquant, tangy,
Opposite: sweet,
• morally wholesome or acceptable.
• "everyone knew it was a front for less savoury operations"
Similar: acceptable, pleasant, palatable, wholesome, respectable, honourable, proper, seemly, creditable,
Opposite: unpleasant, unacceptable, dishonourable,

savoury noun

• a savoury dish, especially a snack or appetizer.
• "refreshments include cakes and savouries"
Similar: canapé, hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, titbit, amuse-gueule,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasing to the sense of taste or smell’): from Old French savoure ‘tasty, fragrant’, based on Latin sapor ‘taste’.


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